THERE were some encouraging early season performances as City of Plymouth AC hosted their opening track and field meeting of the year on Sunday at Brickfields.
Their Spring Warm-Up Open was hampered a bit by strong winds, but a number of athletes appeared to enjoy the tough conditions.
City of Plymouth youngster Bryan Oldfield was lucky enough to get a legal wind for his under-15 100m event and he smashed his personal best with a 11.71 second run, which was the first time he had gone under 12 seconds and it also puts him third in the early UK rankings.
David Oldfield also set a PB in the under-17 boys’ 100m with a time of 11.43 seconds.
Team-mate Annabelle Fasuba was unfortunate her under-15 girls’ 100m run was wind-assisted as her winning time of 12.71 seconds would have put her in the UK’s top three.
However, she did get a legal run in the 200m and clocked an impressive 25.83 seconds, which does put her in the top 10 of that age group.
Bryan Oldfield also won the under-15 boys’ 200m but his time of 24.10 second was wind-assisted.
Lamara Hammoudeh also claimed a sprint double. Her wins came in the under-13 age group, where she clocked a wind-assisted 14.3 for the 100m and 21.62 seconds for the 150m. She also won the long jump.
City of Plymouth’s Brook Adnitt (11.86) and Tara Green (13.12) won the senior/U20 men’s and women’s 100m.
Nicolas Maczugowski was only denied a big legal PB in the 200m by the wind. He won the under-20/senior men’s event in 22.18 seconds. He also claimed victory in the 400m in 50.39 seconds, which was not too far off his PB despite the conditions.
Team-mate Poppy Northcott, who has also just moved up to under-20 level, clocked 26.50 seconds for the 200m and 61.46 seconds on her debut over the 400m.
Plymouth’s Nia Harradine-Cole won the under-17 300m in 42.54 seconds, while club colleague Taylan Jones was first in the under-15 boys’ 300m.
Tavistock’s under-17 athlete Caleb Gifford-Groves smashed his PB in the 800m, clocking 2:02.48 minutes to claim victory, while Plymouth’s Jacob Robinson took the honours in the 1,500m in 4:39.41.
Plymouth’s Verity Tank clocked 5:52.37 to triumph in the under-20 1,500m steeplechase, while Finley Bennett won the under-17/under-15 boys’ event in 5:42.05.
City of Plymouth’s Jazz Jackman took the honours in the under-13 girls’ 70m hurdles, while Erme Valley’s Isabella Trowell took victory in the under-17 girls’ 80m hurdles in a wind-assisted 13.03 seconds.
There was some top throwing again at Brickfields, with England internationals Nubia Evans-Shields and Phoebe Milburn among those to impress.
City of Plymouth’s Evans-Shields, who tops the early under-20 UK discus rankings, took victory on Sunday with a throw of 41.95m.
Tavistock’s Milburn won the under-20 hammer with 48.09m and also threw 9.49m in the shot, where City of Plymouth’s Chloe Edwards won the women’s event with 12.56m.
Tavistock’s Owen Fileman set a new hammer PB of 45.71m, which ranks him fifth in the early under-17 boys’ UK rankings. He also won the discus with 37.25m.
Team-mate Hazel Stead also set a new PB in the hammer. She threw 44.02m to take victory in the under-15 girls’ event, which ranks her third in the country.
Fellow Tavistock athlete Evie Palmer opened her season with an impressive 33.20m to win the under-17 girls’ javelin.
Plymouth’s Stanley Kingdom took the honours in the under-15 boys’ high jump with 1.45m, while Tavistock’s Katelyn Milburn leaped 10.07m to finish second in a competitive under-17 girls’ triple jump.
Full results can be found HERE.
Meanwhile, the Armada Summer 5k Series returns to Saltram House tonight (7pm).
Full details of the series can be found HERE
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